MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL TOURS

The autumn Manchester Literature Festival is on and we at New Manchester Walks are leading a host of literary themed tours covering every single aspect of the written word – not just in October, but all year round!

The tours have been devised by New Manchester Walks’s Ed Glinert, author, editor, journalist, the only Manchester writer and tour guide whose books have been published by Penguin, Random House, HarperCollins and Bloomsbury.

Here’s the programme. Please let us know if you’re likely to attend. Some of these can be booked on eventbrite. We look forward to seeing you.

2017Sat 7 Oct Literary Manchester Coach Tour. A road trip around Manchester in honour of Love On the Dole, Fame is the Spur, Hard Times, Don Juan, The Masque of Anarchy, Salome Malone and plenty of Anthony Burgess in his centenary year. Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 10.30am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

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